pelt

pelt
I UK [pelt] / US verb
Word forms "pelt":
present tense I/you/we/they pelt he/she/it pelts present participle pelting past tense pelted past participle pelted
1) [transitive] to throw objects with force at someone or something
pelt someone/something with something:

He was shaken but unhurt after being pelted with cans and bottles.

2) pelt or pelt down
[intransitive] if rain or snow is pelting or is pelting down, it comes down quickly in large amounts

You can't go out – it's pelting down.

3) [intransitive] to run somewhere very fast
pelt down/along/across etc:

Ricky pelted across the grass in an attempt to catch the ball.


II UK [pelt] / US noun [countable]
Word forms "pelt":
singular pelt plural pelts
the skin or fur of an animal, especially when it is used for making something

(at) full pelt — moving as quickly as possible

He ran at full pelt down the road.


English dictionary. 2014.

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Synonyms:
(of a beast with the hair on it), , , / (with something thrown), , , , / , ,


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  • pelt — Ⅰ. pelt [1] ► VERB 1) hurl missiles at. 2) (pelt down) (chiefly of rain) fall very heavily. 3) run very quickly. ● (at) full pelt Cf. ↑full pelt …   English terms dictionary

  • pelt — pelt1 [pelt] vt. [LME pelten < ? pelote,PELLET] 1. to throw things at; strike with or as with missiles 2. to beat or pound heavily and repeatedly 3. to throw or cast (missiles) vi. 1. to beat or strike heavily or steadily, as hard rain …   English World dictionary

  • Pelt — (p[e^]lt), n. [Cf. G. pelz a pelt, fur, fr. OF. pelice, F. pelisse (see {Pelisse}); or perh. shortened fr. peltry.] 1. The skin of a beast with the hair on; a raw or undressed hide; a skin preserved with the hairy or woolly covering on it. See… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pelt — Pelt, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Pelted}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Pelting}.] [OE. pelten, pulten, pilten, to thrust, throw, strike; cf. L. pultare, equiv. to pulsare (v. freq. fr. pellere to drive), and E. pulse a beating.] 1. To strike with something thrown… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pelt — ist der Familienname folgender Personen: Anton Friedrich Ludwig Pelt (1799–1861), deutscher evangelischer Theologe Jeremy Pelt (* 1976), US amerikanischer Jazz Trompeter und Flügelhornist Siehe auch: Van Pelt …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • pelt — pelt; pelt·er; pelt·ing; uro·pelt; …   English syllables

  • Pelt — may refer to: *Fur or pelage, the hair, fur or wool that covers an animal s skin, that has been stripped off the animal. *Pelt (band), a rock/drone band created by Jack Rose * a Dutch name, as in UN diplomat Adrian Pelt …   Wikipedia

  • pelt — [pelt] verb I 1) [T] to throw a lot of things at someone or something Some of the players were pelted with cans and bottles.[/ex] 2) [I] to run somewhere very fast II noun [C] pelt [pelt] the skin or fur of an animal …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • Pelt — Pelt, v. i. 1. To throw missiles. Shak. [1913 Webster] 2. To throw out words. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Another smothered seems to peltand swear. Shak. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Pelt — Pelt, n. A blow or stroke from something thrown. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • pelt — [n] animal fur coat, epidermis, fell, hair, hide, jacket, skin, slough, wool; concept 399 pelt [v] beat; throw hard assail, batter, belabor, belt, bombard, career, cast, charge, dash, hammer, hurl, knock, lapidate, pepper, pound, pour, pummel,… …   New thesaurus

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